The Pioneers shot 39.7% from the field for the week and held a 99 to 91 advantage on the boards. They also forced their opponents into 57 turnovers.

Wrestling: 7-7, 5th at USCAA Championships

The Alfred State wrestling team finished 5th out of 13 teams at the USCAA Championships held at Penn State on Sunday. Four Pioneers placed in the top four in the event.

George Van Valen (Ithaca) won the 184 lb. weight class with a dominating performance. He pinned Devon Meredith in his quarterfinal match, pinned Sam Soloman (Alderson Broadus) in the semifinals, and earned a 16-0 tech fall over Jake Paulson (Penn State Behrend) in the finals. Van Valen is now 33-1 on the season.

Brandon Whitacre (Jamestown) was 3rd in the 197 lb. bracket. He pinned Nate Grygo (Pitt Wrestling Club) in his opening round match but fell in the quarterfinals to William Graham (Apprentice). In the consolation bracket he was able to pin Doug Their (PSU Wrestling Club), and Marqus Young (Kent State Tuscarawas) to advance to the 3rd place match. He earned a medical forfeit to claim 3rd place.

Ryan Mattison (Brockport) finished 3rd in the heavyweight bracket. He pinned Shakeem Lassiter in his opening match but fell in the quarterfinals. He battled back with a 7-1 win over Lassiter and then pinned David Platon (Pitt Wrestling Club) in the 3rd place match.

Patrick Lehman (Marathon) was 2-2 on the day and took 4th place at 125 lbs. He earned a pair of victories over Dan Bertram (Penn State Mont Alto) on the day, 15-0 and victory by fall.

Apprentice took the team title with 182.5 points followed by Alderson Broaddus (107.5), Kent State Tuscarawas (79.5), Penn State Wrestling Club (77.5), and Alfred State (75.5).

Swimming & Diving: Women 5-2, Men 1-5

The swimming & diving team had the week off as they prepared for the 2018 AMCC Championships this week at Penn State Behrend. The event starts Wednesday evening and continues Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

The Pioneers split their team this week as part of the team competed at Boston University and the rest of the team competed at Houghton.

At Boston University in a stacked field, Paul Kemsley (Lancaster) broke his own school record for the second straight week in the weight throw with a toss of 16.12 m. He also registered a season best toss of 14.48 m in the shot put. Anders Presthus (Lansing) qualified for ECAC's with a toss of 15.12 m in the weight throw and tossed the shot put 12.92 m. Zach Curran (Williamson) was 11th in the pole vault with a leap of 4.50 m. while Nate Robertson (Hamburg) had a personal best in the 400 finishing in 52.73.

On the women's side, Sophie Gonzalez continued to impress during her freshmen season. She ran the 60 m in 8.38 and the 200 m in 26.93. Cassidy McCourt (Buffalo/Emerson) had a season best performance in the 400 m finishing in 1:08.71.

At Houghton, Ryan Lohr (West Seneca) was 7th in the 5,000 (18:01.06) while teammates Joe Kretschmar (Phoenix, AZ) was 8th (19:20.46), and Conrad Kroll (Westtown/Minisink Valley) was 9th (19:30.37). Tim Berry (Midlakes) was 7th in the 60 m hurdles (9.99) and Alex Brown (Wellsville) was 8th (10.43). Joe Richardson(Geneva) was 8th in the high jump (1.68 m) and Chadwick Ekeigwe (Spring Valley/Ramapo) was 8th in the 400 m (53.79). The 4x800 relay team of Caleb Boyce-Wright (Cheektowaga/John Kennedy), Lohr, Kroll, and Kretschmar was 2nd in 9:27.43 while the 4x200 relay team of Madel Green, Fidelis Olom, Eric Zamor (New York/Ramapo), and Ian Cooke(Valatie/Ichabod Crane) finished in 5th in 1:41.27.

On the women's side, Emily Brigman (Lancaster) was 8th in the 60 m hurdles (11.06 in the finals and 10.68 in the prelims) and 10th in the high jump (1.38 m) to lead the women. Holly Fiore (Niagara Falls) was 11th in the long jump (4.48 m) while Shannon Shirley was 14th in the 60 m dash (8.93).

Western Equestrian: Two Reserve Hi-Point Honors

The Western Equestrian team had another strong showing at their final regular season show at Alfred University on Saturday. The Pioneers earned Reserve Hi-Point honors at both the morning and afternoon show.

Meagan Castoro (Syosset) and Rachel von Hagn (Bath) won top honors in both the AM and PM show. Castoro won 1st in the Beginner competition in the AM and then took 1st in the PM show in Intermediate I. von Hagn won 1st in Advanced competition in both shows. Caylen Bedow (Fillmore) was 1st in Intermediate 2 in the PM show after finishing 2nd in the morning show while Jamie Fredenburg (Fabius Pompey) was 2nd in Intermediate 2 in the AM show and claimed 1st in the PM show.

Four Pioneers, Castoro (Beginner), Fredenburg and Bedow (Intermediate 2) and Rachel McNeal (Open Horsemanship), qualified for the Regionals during the day of competition.